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Subject: Positional test from the "Brilliancy Test Suite"

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 20:54:57 11/01/03


[Event "Test 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "0000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[d] 2r1r1k1/1b2qp1n/3p2p1/1ppP3p/1n2P3/1P2NN1P/3Q1PP1/RB2R1K1 w - -

{WHITE TO MOVE:  1.Nd1!!  The best move without a doubt.  White's Knight
retreat,though odd looking, stops Black's ...Ng5 (White's Queen now hits that
square) and prepares to swing the Knight around to c3 where it takes aim at
Black's loose pawn on b5.  Black can save his pawn by moving his b4-Knight and
pushing the b-pawn to b4, but that leaves a once-active Knight on a poor
square, and also creates a hole on c4.  (Anand-Kamsky, Las Palmas Match 1995).
 How to Reassess Your Chess Workbook, p. 270} 1. Nd1  *

On an AMD 1800+

CM9K   41 sec before it sticks with it.
CM9 SKR  33 sec
Arasan 7.2  24 sec

Crafty 19.3 chooses 1.Nc2 after 5 min
Genius 7 also chooses 1.Nc2 after 5 min






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